Workforce Development System
Technical Advisory

May 31, 2002

Workforce Development System Technical Advisory #02-12

TO:

Chairpersons of Local Workforce Investment Boards
Chief Elected Officials
WIA Grant Recipients
WIA Fiscal Agents
WIA Local Area Contacts

Attention: LWIA MIS Staff

SUBJECT:

WIA Quarterly Reporting Methods and Due Dates for Users and Non-Users of America's One-Stop Operating System (OSOS)

Purpose:

To provide guidelines to OSOS and non-OSOS Local Workforce Investment Areas on WIA quarterly reporting and due dates, and to transmit website addresses for access to the Workforce Investment Act Standardized Record Data (WIASRD) format, and the WIASRD Edit Check Document.

Background:

Technical Advisory 02-1 indicated that OSOS users must have complete and up-to-date data in the system in order for NYSDOL to extract the data needed for quarterly reporting.

This advisory also stated that non-OSOS areas would eventually need to submit a quarterly report in the full WIASRD format.

Action:

1) OSOS Users will need to have their complete data into the system by July 10, 2002 for all participants (both exiters and non-exiters) who were active at any time during the period July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002. This due date is necessary to give NYSDOL sufficient time to extract the data and prepare a report to USDOL. OSOS users that do not have all data in the system by the reporting deadline must follow the procedures for non-OSOS areas described below.

Deadlines for the next six quarters for OSOS users to have complete data in OSOS in order to meet reporting requirements are:

Reporting Period Ending	Deadline for Data Entry into OSOS
June 30, 2002	July 10, 2002
September 30, 2002	October 10, 2002
December 31, 2002	January 10, 2003
March 31, 2003	April 10, 2003
June 30, 2003	July 10, 2003
September 30, 2003	October 10, 2003

2) Non-OSOS areas will be required to submit a quarterly participant file in the WIASRD format specified below for all participants who were active at any time during the period July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2002, by July 22, 2002. WIASRD deadlines for the next six quarters are:

Reporting Period Ending	Include Participants (Exiters and Non-exiters) Who Were Active During:	Due Date to NYSDOL
June 30, 2002	July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2002	July 22, 2002
September 30, 2002	July 1, 2000 - September 30, 2002	October 21, 2002
December 31, 2002	July 1, 2000 - December 31, 2002	January 20, 2003
March 31, 2003	July 1, 2000 - March 31, 2003	April 21, 2003
June 30, 2003	July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2003	July 21, 2003
September 30, 2003	July 1, 2001 - September 30, 2003	October 20, 2003

The WIASRD reporting format can be found at: http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/attach/TEGL14-00-ch1AttachE.pdf

Note: While the WIASRD document refers only to exiters, it is necessary to report both exiters and active participants for the period.

The WIASRD Edit Checks and Coding Instructions document is available to assist non-OSOS local areas with preparation of the WIASRD file. You can access it at: http://usworkforce.org.

An edit check program will be made available shortly.

Please note that two additional reporting items are required in the WIASRD file. These are Date of Last Service and Social Security number. For Date of Last Service you should record a date 365 days after the due date for submittal of the file to NYSDOL. This will avoid a soft exit that would be created in processing the file if there was no service recorded for the last 90 days. Do not record an actual date of last service for this item.

These two additional fields should be placed immediately after item 676 in the WIASRD. The specifications for these fields are as follows:

Item #	Field #	Length	Column Location	Type	Item	Guidelines	Edit checks	Required Group
677	155	8	473	Date	DTE_LST_SV	YYYYMMDD. Record a date 365 days after the due date for file submittal.	A. Must be a valid date. B. Must be greater than Item 302 (date of registration) C. Must be 365 days after due date for file submittal.	All
678	156	9	481	Character	SSNO	XXXXXXXXX. Not required by WIASRD, but is needed for wage record matching. Include leading zeros.	Must not include hyphens or dashes	All

The full WIASRD file must be submitted by e-mail to Michael Barber at us0mjb@labor.state.ny.us (the third character in his address is zero).

If you have questions about any of these requirements, please contact Bill Meehan at (518) 457-1300 or Paul Rosenthal at (518) 457-0204. For questions about transmitting the file, call Michael Barber at (518) 457-0207.